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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

I was referring to the city which Wyrma is building up - it's not much yet, but she intends it to be her capital.

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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

Real life has caught up with me a bit and between work and the Super Bowl (Go Patriots!) if I do not post today I will probably not post before Monday. Don't wait for me. Because I am an admin I can edit any post to insert one of my own.

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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

There is a section of my latest post which is plagiarized. The ideas and even much of the wording in Ráma's reflections on Man come straight from Bird! There are from Bird's posts in the Lonely Star RPG.

Well done! I like how the difference between Bird's approach and the more traditional desert dwelling maenwaith is shown.

Drew a line for the men . . . good on!

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The young woman scowled: Bird must have had unending kindness and compassion to put up with such people.

Now, having sent her away, he was asking for another favor. By rights, she should turn her back on him. Rama bent down to retrieve her sheets and cart, scowling at the Men and responding coldly, "I have things to occupy me today. I will leave tomorrow before dawn. If you are there, we will see. But I will not wait for you." With that, she turned and left the room.

__________________Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

Hilde, I am assuming that Surinen and Narayad made it back without incident. If you still need to post something about their return, I'll edit and/or push my post forward.

Could you come to Ayar's tent along with the elders? You can start the meeting if you like, and use Narika to let you know what's happening. Also, please make sure to tell Narika about the stranger who visited and then disappeared. Make it as suspicious sounding as you want!

Pio -- What a terrible time for Rôg to have visited, given what happens to Ayar immediately after....

It just occurred to me that once the clan knows there is foul play with Ayar, Rôg's future prospects may seem rather dim, should he come waltzing into the Eagle encampment!

Yes, I was already planning on having had Surinen enter camp as a dog, in which case he could pick up quite a few scents, including Rog, (if SC's retain some element the same scent no matter what form they are in). But I think I can do that without moving your post Child. So I will have the next post as the meeting, please PM me if you have any sudden inspiration about what needs to come out of the meeting.

If you find it would help to flip my post forward, please let me know and I'll be glad to do that.

The Eagles still don't realize that Ayar's illness is caused by foul play. But I suspect that, with all the uncertainty, Narika will be upset to hear about a strange visitor who comes in one second and seems to disappear the next. You can represent that in your post or, if you want, throw it back to me---whatever works better.

There are two things that, when put together, could tip the Eagles off as to their 'true' situation: the arrival of Thorn, with the information he gleaned, and/or the arrival of Aiwendil who has overheard the birds talking.

The main thing now is that the clan will agree to stay put for a while and that everyone will surely be worried about Ayar. I assume your character will at least raise questions about the stranger he's seen and Narika will put the camp on some sort of higher "alert" with guards posted, etc.

We're not locked into just this, however, and you're welcome to dream up something additional.

I have taken the liberty of setting my last post in the late spring. I don't believe that we had specified a calendar date for this story. But, if I am mistaken in this, please let me know and I will edit.

I've just introduced Rôg's family - their clan's main encampment, if you have Fonstad handy, can be found on pages 38 and 39.

The Eagle's camp right now is at the northern end of the coastal mountain range just south of Umbar.

Rôg's clan has been passing south along the eastern foothills of that mountain range (which Fonstad names the Grey Mountains) trading with various clans along the way. The are now at the southern end of the range and are turning west toward the sea and the forested area that lies there.

It is about 800 miles as the crow flies, so to speak, from the Eagles present place to that forest.

__________________Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.